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Prove to be a real turning point in the -- at least in terms of the reality, the onset of reality sinking in in the white house about how significantly im imperiled the presidency is. kasie, you pointed out that it does seem like a turning point and there are signs on capitol hill that republicans seem to be taking a slightly different posture to the president. at the same time in the last 48 hours we have heard a lot of republicans ranging from kevin mccarthy to john thun to orrin hatch all bas...

Some time. >> thats a good point. >> the president until he had this op-ed to complain about had bob woodwards book. heres what he said about bob woodwards book and liable laws that need to be changed. >> totally phony quotes. i mean, totally like fraudulent books. theyre like fraudulent books. and then were supposed to take it because we have lousy liable laws. mike and john, could you do me a favor? create liable laws when people say stuff bad about you, you can sue them. would you please? wou...

Books. theyre like fraudulent books. and then were supposed to take it because we have lousy liable laws. mike and john, could you do me a favor? create liable laws when people say stuff bad about you, you can sue them. would you please? would you please do that? wouldnt that be nice? >> this is very interesting. he was talking to mike rounds and john thun, the senators. can you create laws that when people say something bad about you, you can sue them. thats not actually what our liable laws ar...

Least a week due to his medical issue, he went down to the maximum of 49 yeas to get to the bill. out of 9 the senators here, thats not -- out of the 99 senators thats not enough. mitch mcconnell the majority leader needs john mccain here and needs him to vote yes. >> neil: thank you so much. i want to go to senator john thun right now, the republican conference chairman, he can maybe give me a read on this. senator,ets oh always good having you. >> thank you. >> neil: it was interesting the pre...

>> but now. >> youre clarifying tonight you are voting -- you are voting for donald trump? >> of course i am. >> reporter: up in idaho, senator mike crapo did the same u-turn, and senator john thun, south dakota, was pretty to drop donald trump. >> i tend to support the member of our party and if anything changes ill let you know, but -- but hes got a lot of work to do i think if hes going to have any hope of winning this election. >> and this is paul ryan, the embattled speaker of the house, an...

>> he is but hes mad at paul ryan. mcconnell has the senate behind him. john thun came out against him. i would urge mr. trump to recalibrate and treat this as a temporary separation not a irreprehensible divorce. >> who is head right now. >> paul ryan. >> and if you had a vote -- >> paul ryan. >> republican voters -- >> paul ryan. >> i dont know if his name i.d. is that high. do you think the guy right now is the head of the republican party rank and file? >> yes, he is. i show you rank and fil...

Caucus. >> but hes pretty far right. >> he is but hes mad at paul ryan. mcconnell has the senate behind him. john thun came out against him. i would urge mr. trump to recalibrate and treat this as a temporary separation not a irreprehensible divorce. >> who is head right now. >> paul ryan. >> and if you had a vote -- >> paul ryan. >> republican voters -- >> paul ryan. >> i dont know if his name i.d. is that high. do you think the guy right now is the head of the republican party rank and file? >...

a viewer this california told us about the national republican party sending out in the mail what looks like a presidential primary ballot with a due date and everything. had we not seen that mailer sent to us by a viewerer we would not have thoen the national republican party was doing this this. its interesting ha the republican party is doing this. the republican party has a bazillion people running already. they are running more people for the nomination than ever before. on top of...

Here tomorrow with a slew of top tech executives from companies like apping, facebook, twitter and netflix. they are going to talk about the nsa issue and healthcare.gov, undoubtedly some officials here wish that happened before now. the critical senate vote on the budget compromise is scheduled for tomorrow. this evening chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us about a important bill with tepid support. >> the pressure is on senior democratic leadership to deliver votes for the...

>> the u.s. district court judge richard leon finds that the bulk collection of records, known as section 218 of the patriot act is in contradiction to the amendment. the nsas bulk telephony meta data program significantly intrudes on that. in cases involving imminent threats of terrorism. the suit brought by larry clayman of freedom watch against the obama administration challenged the constitutionality of the bulk collection of phone records and the nsas authority to do so. tonight t...